§ 1702.004. GENERAL SCOPE OF REGULATION.

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(a) The department:

(1) licenses investigations companies and security services contractors;

(2) issues commissions to certain security officers;

(3) licenses certain security officers engaged in the personal protection of individuals;

(4) licenses:

(A) certain individuals connected with a company license holder; and

(B) certain individuals employed in a field connected to private investigation or private security; and

(5) regulates company license holders, security officers, and individual license holders under this chapter.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to comply with Chapter 53. In its rules under this section, the commission shall list the specific offenses for each category of regulated persons for which a conviction would constitute grounds for the department to take action under Section 53.021.

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